Package for electric lamps or similar articles



PACKAGE FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS OR SIMILAR ARTICLES Filed Nov; 24, 1-956 INVENTQR fired. W, @i/fe BY lamps held by 'ing a central portion or Patented Nov. 2, 1937 PATENT OFFICE PACKAGE FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS on. sm-

, mm ARTICLES Fred. H. Deike.

one-fifth to Harry Long Beach, N. Y., assignor of Radzinsky, New York, N. Y.

Application November 24, 1936, Serial No. 112,493

10 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in packages for electric. lamps. and similar fragile articles. The object of the invention is to provide aprotective package or container for electric amps or other easily broken articles which will be of inexpensive construction and will afford a maximum or protection for the article.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package of this kindin which the articles may be speedily and securely packed with a minimum of efl'ort and time, and at the same time provide a package which, with a minimum of material, will efi'ectlvely protect its contents.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a box or carton provided with the improved support or holder for. several electric lamps; Fig. 2 is a similar sectional view showing a holder for several lamps mounted in a protecting sleeve: Fig. 3 is a. perspective view of the strip employed for supporting two plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a planview of a strip. used for supporting a number of lamps.

The supporting strip 6 for the lamps is shown in Fig. 3, where it will be seen that the same consists of corrugated cardboard or similar relatively stifi, light and inexpensive material havpanel 1, which in the completed package, forms a partition between the the strip. The strip 6 is transversely folded or bent along the lines indicated at 8 and 9, these folds being made in opposite directions to produce the laterally projecting flaps l0 and H. These flaps l0 and II project in opposite directions from the partition member or panel 1 of the strip and each of the flapsv I II and II is provided with a hole to receive and en gage or frictionally retain the threaded base oi an electric lamp. The hole in the flap Ill, indicated at 12, receives the threaded base l3 of lamp II and holds the lamp so thatthe glass envelope thereon is directed downwardly and the lamp is suspended below the flap All. The flap II is provided with hole I 5 receiving the threaded base on lamp l6, and holds the said lamp in an up right or standing position, and thus disposed opposite to that shown at It. When the two lamps are held by the respective flaps l0 and Il, they are oppositely disposed as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and are separated by the panel 1 of the strip 6, said panel forming a partition between the lamps and protecting the same from one another.

In use, the strip 6 is placed in a protective electric lamps; Fig. 4 is a container or carton of corrugated or other cardboard, as shown in Fig. 1 at H, and when so placed, it will serve to dividethe box or carton into the two compartments l8 and IS, in which the lamps I4 and I8 are respectively located. Within the carton, the lamp It extends upwardly and the lamp I4 is directed downwardly with the protective partition 1 located between them. To prevent any possible shifting of the lamps, it may be found desirable to utilize an additional protective these spacing members is shown at 20 and the same consists of a channel-shaped section or piece of cardboard having its sides resting on the bottom 2| of the carton or container l1, and provided with an aperture 22 in which the end of the glass envelope of the lamp l4 seats. Similarly, the upper end of the box is provided with a protective strip 23, apertured at 24 to receive the upper end of the lamp'lt.

When the elements of the package are in the positions shown in Fig. 1, it will be seen that the oppositely disposed lamps are securely held and protected.

In'the description of the structures of Figs. 1 and 3, the use of a strip 6 of sufliclent length and width to accommodate two lamps has been mentioned. 'It will be obvious that a strip of any suitable length may be utilized to accommodate as many lamps as desired, together with a properly sized carton or container to receive it. For example, in Fig. 5a strip 25 is shown provided with a row of uniformly spaced apertures 25 near one of its longitudinal edges. A similar row of apertures 21 is provided adjacent to the opposite longitudinal edge of the strip. To place said strip in operative position, it is folded on the lines 28 and 29 as described in respect to strip 6, and the resultant folded member will aecoinmodate ten lamps. The. strip employed for hoiding the lamps may thus be of anysuitable length to accommodate the required number of lamps.

spacing member for them. One of or the lamps may be placed in a continuous strip being a. box or carton as with the portion sleeve 30, the side wall ii of the sleeve is cut into produce an inwardly projecting tab 82 which overlies the flap Ill and prevents it from rising or swinging upwardly out of the adjacent end of the sleeve. Similarly the wall 33, located diametrically opposite to wall 3|, is provided at its lower end with an inwardly bent tab 3 servin as an abutment for flap H and preventing said flap from folding downwardly and out of the opposite end of the sleeve.

Through the arrangement shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and just described, two or more lamps in oppositely disposed relationship may be securely held in a protective sleeve, yet have their bases accessible for testing without requiring their removal from the sleeve, or from the supporting strip located within the sleeve.

While I have described the outer container for the lamp-holding stripas being in the form of a protective sleeve or carton, it will be obvious that it may be in various other forms to suit different packing requirements without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a package for electric lamps or similar articles, a strip having end flaps extending in opposite directions from the center portion of the strip, said end flaps being apertured to receive and hold the bases of the lamps whereby a lamp received and held by one of the flaps extends in a direction opposite to that held by the other flap, tending between and connecting the flaps and forming a partition between the lamps and an enclosure for the strip and lamps held by it. 1

2. In a package for electric lamps or similar articles, a card-board strip folded near its opposite ends to provide laterally extending flap portions, one of said flap portions extending in a direction opposite to that of the other flap, said flaps each having an aperture for receiving lamp bases to thereby hold and support the lamps of the strip situated between the flaps forming a partition between the lamps and enclosure means for the strip and lamps.

3. In a package for electric lamps or similar articles, a card-board strip having a central panel, the ends of said stripbeing bent in opposite directions and provided with apertures for receiving lamp bases to thereby support and hold lamps in said strip and enclosure means for the strip and lamps.

4. A package for electric lamps or similar articles comprising, a container, a lamp-holding member in said container, said lamp-holding member comprising a strip having a body portion vertically dividing the container in two compartments, said strip having laterally bent ends, each of said ends extending over and closing one end of a compartment, and said ends being each provided with means for engaging and holding the base portion of at least one lamp.

5. A package for electric lamps or similar articles comprising, a container, a partition strip located therein, a lateral portion on each end said center portion of the strip exof the strip formed with a hole for receiving the base of an electric lamp, one of said holes holding the lamp engaged by it with its glass envelope extending downwardly and the other hole supporting its lamp with the glass envelope thereon projectingv upwardly, the lamps so held being disposed on opposite sides of the partition strip, and means for retaining the strip in position within the container.

6. In a package for electric lamps, a folded card-board strip having end portions and an integral connecting central portion, said end portions extending substantially parallel to one another and projecting in opposite directions from the ends of the central portion, each of said end portions having at least one aperture for receiving a lamp base, one of said apertures holding a lamp directed downwardly and the other aperture holding an upwardly directed lamp.

'7. In a package for electric lamps or similar articles, a card-board strip having a centrally disposed panel, the ends of said strip being bent in opposite directions and each provided with an aperture for receiving a lamp base, a sleeve enclosing said folded strip, said sleeve having inwardly extending projections on its side walls overlying the ends of the strip and holding the strip within the sleeve.

8. In a package for electric lamps or similar articles, a card-board strip having a centrally disposed panel, the ends of the strip at the ends of the panel being bent in opposite directions and projecting laterally from the panel, each of said projecting ends being provided with an aperture for receiving the base of a lamp, an open-ended sleeve enclosing the strip, said sleeve having its side walls formed with inwardly projecting tabs extending over the ends of the strip and holdprojecting flaps at the longitudinal edges of the strip, said flaps being each provided with a series of spaced holes for the reception of the bases of a number of electric lamps, the lamps so received by the holes in one flap extending in a direction opposite to those received in the holes in the other flap and enclosure means for the strip and lamps.

10. A package for electric lamps or similar articles, a strip having end flaps extending in opposite directions from the central portion of the strip, each of said end flaps being apertured to receive a lamp base whereby a lamp held by one of the flaps will extend in a direction opposite to that held by the other flap, said central por- 'tion of the strip extending between and con- FRED. H. DEIKE. 

